Garage, barn, and warehouse door



Feb 1932. F. a. mcKAsoN GARAGE, BARN, AND WAREHOUSE DOOR Filed May 9,1930 2 Sheets-Sheet INVEN OR ATTORNEY Fek. 9, 1932. F. B. DECIKAQQN1,843,973

GARAGE, BARN, AND WAREHQUSE DOOR Filed May 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2FiF/WK 5. 0/6/0450 INVENTOR ATTORNEY through Patented Feb. 9, 1932UNITED STATESf P-ATE NT OFFICE FRANK B. DIOKASON, or snnnvnronnLOUISIANA GARAGE} Benn, AND .WAnEnousE noon 7 Application fila'ma 9,1930.. Serial No. 451,078.

' "This invention relates to certain'new. and

useful-improvements in doors and supports therefor. v

v One of the principal objects of the inve'n 5 tion contemplates theprovision and'arrangementof a mounting for the door whereby the lattermay be disposed in vertical and horizontal planes. J

Another object of the invention'consists of weight operated meansnormally holding the door in open position. I

A further object of the invention embodies a latch mechanism for thedoor operable from both sides.

, More specifically stated the door construction is to be provided withjambs upon both sides ofthe door to facilitate alignment of the latchmechanism.

With the above and other objects in view,

! the invention further consists of the followlng novel features anddetails of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the accompanying pointed out in the appended claim.

1.25 In the drawings;

' Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improved form of door constructionand operating mechanism therefor.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken the door frame with the doordisposed in closed position. 7 1

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating by full and dottedlines-the relative positions of the door when shifted to occupy itsrespective positions.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectlonal view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of an appropriateportion of the door and latch operating mechanism.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the door and j amb therefor.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line 77 of Figure 1.

on line 88 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of a post of the door frameillustrating the arrangement of the battens, stops, j'ambs,

guides, etc.

drawings and I I ly proj e'ctedfrom the door frame 10, are pro- *Pu11eywheels or she v 2 1 Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 taken of boxlike construction, that is, the side, top "and bottom rails projectrearwardly for appreciable distances beyond the inner side of v thefacing for the door. A multiplicity of 5 cross braces, such as indicatedat 14 are joined at their ends andfat' intervals to theadj ac'ent'portions of the door side rails.

, v 7 From the foregoing it will be understood that the form 'of doormaybe shifted to occupy the posi- 7 tions shown in Figures 2 and 3 of thedrawings. c I, Bracket arms 15, carried by and rearwardvidedfwithaligned vertical slots16 accommodating the endsof a beam or rod 17 for"rocking motion therein. Leg members, such 'as'indicated at 18, carriedby and depending from the rodjor beam17 subsequently termi hate toprovidefinwardly offset pintles journaledat 20 in the door13,

l V ournaled upo'n' thebraclrets 15 have passed thereover flexiblec0nnectors22which have connection at their 'ends;with the outwardlyprojecting extremities of the fulcrumbar 12within the boxin gs of thedoor frame and weightmembers23; the latterbeing sufiicient' inavoirdupois to overbalance the weight of the door 13 wherethe latterwill be normally ind d to cupythe position shown in Fi 3 of thedrawings' Aswill beunderstood from'thefillustratlon's of my invention inFigures 7 and 8 of the drawings, the-upper and lower halves of I thedoor. are provided with separate jambs dis osed upon opposite'sidesthereof. The

upper portion ofthe dooris provided'with jamb -portions 24 formed ascontinuations' of Itheouter sidesl'of the door forlabutting enprojecting from the latch finger 31 gagement with the door frame 10. Asmentioned in the foregoing, the fulcrum bar 12 is slidably mountedwithin the slots 11 and which are formed between the adjacent sides ofthe frame 10 and strip members 25. Spacing members 26 carried upon theinner portions of the door frame and aligned with the inner side of thedoor opening are secured to the lowermost ends of the strip members 25.Said strips being rigidly retained against displacement at theiropposite ends by the bracket arms 15. Stops 27 carried upon the innerfaces of the spacing membersare de signed for abutting engagement withabbreviated j amb portions 28 formed as continuations of the door facingand upon the lower half thereof.

The latch mechanism, alluded to in the foregoing, comprises latchfingers 30 and 31 respectively vertically disposed in the manner shownin Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings and joined adjacent the innermostends thereof through the instrumentality of a chain or linkageconnection 32. The latch fingers are fall within the scope of theappended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

A vertically sliding door construction comprising complementaloppositely disposed bracket arms having vertically arranged elongatedslots within the rearwardly projecting ends thereof, a beamv terminallysupported within said slots, a door, leg members carried by anddepending from the rod having pintles inwardly, projecting from theremaining extremities thereof for pivotal eccentric connecti-ons withindiametrically opposite sides of the door, a fulcrum bar for thedoor,"wei ght operated means carried by the bracketarms having operativeconnection with the projecting extremities of the fulcrum bar, and alatch mechanism for the door rendering inactive the leg members andweight operated means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRANK B. DIICKASON.

slidably mounted within pockets or openings provided for the purpose inthe cross braces 14. An car 33 carried by thelatch finger 30 v p isengaged upon one side thereof with the adjacent end convolution of acompression spring 34 having its opposite end sprung against the upperside of the immediate of the cross braces 14 whereby the two latchfingers will be normally disposed in the positions shown in Figures 1and 4. A latch plate 35 carried upon the upper rail of the door frame isprovided with an opening designed for accommodation of the uppermostprojecting end of the latch finger 30. An apertured ear 36 carried byand forwardly through an opening 37 in the door 13'is designed foraccommodation within the outeryoke receiving opening 38 in a form ofhasp 39 swingably mounted upon the outer surface of the door. The ear 36being apertured for the purpose of accommodating the yoke of a lock, notshown. the ear 36, swinging the hasp 39 to occupy an elevated positionand by depressing the ear 36, it is to be noted that the linkageconnection 32 established between the adjacent extremities of the latchfingers 30 and 31 will facilitate releasing of the uppermost extremityof the latch finger 30 from the latch plate 35 even against the tensionof the spring 34.

As shown the latch finger 30 and the door proper are each provided withseparate pulls 40 and 41 respectively whereby the door may be readilyunlatched from the inside and the door pulled bodily down from theFigure 3 position.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and theright is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly y removing the padlock from V

